Wisdom Quotes - Quotes about Wisdom

"A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones that need the advice."

"The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear."

"One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty another's ugliness; one man's wisdom another's folly."

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."

"The truth is more important than the facts."

"If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun."

"So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do."

"More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly."

"Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage."

"The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep."

"The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible."

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."